Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0 (OL-16598-01, June 2008)

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Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide
OL-16598-01
Chapter 6 Device Manager
Setting Device Manager Preferences
Figure 6-2 Quick Configuration Tool
Step 2
In the Switch Operational Type pane, click the Ethernet Switch radio button if you are configuring the
switch as a pure Ethernet switch. Click the FCoE Switch radio button if you are configuring the switch
as an I/O consolidation switch (with Fibre Channel and FCoE interfaces).
Step 3 (Optional) Click the button in the column header to set all of the interfaces to the value in the selected
column.
Step 4 For each row, click the radio button for the configuration you want to apply to this interface.
Step 5 Click the Apply button to apply the configuration changes.
The Configure Action Status field displays the current status of the requested configuration change.
Step 6 (Optional) Click the Refresh button to clear the Configure Action Status field. Device Manager then
updates the field with the latest status from the switch.
Setting Device Manager Preferences
To set your preferences for the behavior of the Device Manager application, choose Device >
Preferences from the Device menu. You can set the following preferences:
• Retry Requests x Time(s) After x sec Timeout—Allows you to set the retry request values. The
default settings are 1 time after a 5-second timeout.
• Enable Status Polling Every x secs—Allows you to set the status polling value. The default setting
is enabled (checked) with a time of 40 seconds.
• Trace SNMP Packets in Message Log—Allows you to set whether Device Manager traces SNMP
packets and logs the trace. The default setting is disabled (unchecked).
• Register for Events After Open, Listen on Port 1163—Allows you to register this switch so that
events are logged once you open Device Manager. The default setting is enabled (checked).
• Confirm Deletion—Displays a pop-up confirmation when you delete part of your configuration
using Device Manager. The default setting is enabled (checked).